Long moments ticked by as Chaz absorbed the knowledge.
Dayton wished he’d taken the time to handpick the information to feed to Chaz. There was something to be said for taking things in at a slower rate.
“How do I know this isn’t a trick?” Chaz asked.
“You know I’m showing you truths,” Dayton said. “Or you wouldn’t have kept the fact you’ve trapped me and Cheryl inside this cabin from Aron. I take it you and your brothers are the only ones that know?”
“My father and mother know as well.”
“Then you know we’re safer inside until we know exactly who the threat is, and I think Cheryl will be able to find more answers if we’re given more time.”
“I can give you a little more time, but not much.”
“That’s all I ask. There is one more thing you should know.”
“What’s that?” Chaz asked.
“I’m telling you this in good faith, so you know you can trust me. I’m not trapped inside. Coral, my sister’s, magic is strong, but not enough to keep me in. So if you need me, or Cheryl, we don’t have to wait.”
“Which means you could have killed this fairy.”
“Only if I left Cheryl and no way in hell would she let me do that.” He took a step back, rubbing his chest, letting Chaz get a better look at his sister. “Your sister is freakishly strong, and she’d snap my neck in half if she knew we could get out.”
“You, the big, bad wolf, is afraid of my sister?”
Dayton swirled his finger until he found the particles from the book that talked about the Wolfairy Queen. He rolled them in a ball and shot that directly at Chaz’s head.
Chaz jerked as the dust smacked his forehead. It seeped into his pores, disappearing with a snap.
Dayton waited a few minutes as the knowledge of the true King and Queen settled between Chaz’s eyes.
“No fucking way. Does Cheryl know?”
“She does, but she’s not overly accepting of it, yet.”
“Well, I am. Being Alpha and King at the same time is way too much for one man,” Chaz said. “But if you’re not who you say you are, then I will kill you.”
“You’ll have to wait in line after your sister. And she might kill me anyway.”
Chaz nodded. “Stay in touch.”
“You will be able to project to me at any time.” Dayton closed the visual but kept the lines of communication open with Chaz.
“What are you doing?” Cheryl called from the dining room. She was the smartest creature he’d ever come across, and it wouldn’t be long before she realized he was lying to her. Deception wasn’t the best way to start a relationship.
“Just checking out the protection magic. Impressive.” That wasn’t a lie. His sister’s powers had developed nicely. No creature would penetrate these walls, except him.
Or the queen, once she knew her true abilities.
“Can you tell if its weakening?”
He raised his hand, letting it hover about five inches from the sticky dust. Tiny lightning bolts zapped at his hand. “Still holding steady.” He closed the door and leaned against the wood. He scratched the back of his head. “What did your brothers think you were going to do with a wild beast locked up in here alone?”
“Study you, for one.” She plucked the pencil from between her lips and set it on the notebook. Red knowledge dust floated gently over the table.
“That sounds kinky.”
She cocked her head and smiled. The way her eyes sparkled turned his insides to mush. He’d do anything to make sure she had everything she desired, and more. For days, his wolf side paced the property, desperate to find her again while his fairy self bounced around inside a bottle trying to tell her the wolf was safe.
That the wolf was him.
“What do you know about kinky stuff? You’ve been a man for less than an hour.”
He opened his mouth, then slammed it shut with a loud snap of his teeth. The only thing he knew was what he’d absorbed while stuck inside someone’s body, which when it came to being with a woman, was absolutely nothing since his hosts had been children. As the wolf, no animal would go near him. His heart hammered against his chest. Perspiration lined his palms.
“Oh, my God. You’ve never had sex.”
“And you have?” he asked with a deep growl. Jealousy boiled the blood in his veins knowing other men had been sniffing around his queen. He would have to get past that because she’d lived her life not knowing he existed. He had no right to expect she would have waited.
Her dark eyes widened. “I…I…”
“Never met a grown man who had absolutely no experience with women?”
Raising her hand, she traced a finger across her slightly parted lips. “But you kiss so good.”
“Is that shocking to you?” Since he merged together as one being, all the knowledge his two halves had gathered filled his mind. A lot of information shifted through his brain. Some that he’d carried with him, some that he instinctively knew, and some that he’d learned from the books Cheryl had brought with her.
And then there were things he just knew. He had no idea how or why, but he knew them to be the absolute truth.
Maybe sexual relations would be one of those things he just knew. How hard could it be? Everyone had to have a first time.
“It’s just weird. I mean, you look as if you’re in your thirties.”
“I’m not sure I have an age.” He pushed from the door and made his way to the sofa. His life experiences had been limited to a wolf with no form of communication and a fairy locked inside the back of a child’s mind. He might have a ton of wisdom and knowledge, but what good did that do for
